Chapter 8
Truth & Trust
Alkira sat in Kai's hospital room. They both stared at the TV, and both of them were growling like vicious animals. "Alkira! I won't lose!"
"You're going down, Kai Hiwatari!" They were playing video games. And apparently, Alkira was winning. "There's no way I'm gonna lose this time! You've beaten me twenty times in a row by coughing or saying that your leg hurt! You suck!" Kai laughed. Alkira dropped the controller and looked at him, shocked. He took this to his advantage and killed her character on the game. "Kai." she growled.
Kai laughed again. Alkira walked over and put her hand on his head. "Are you alright?" she asked him.
"I'm fine. why do you ask?"
"You never laugh, but you seem to have done it twice now. I'm just trying to make sure you aren't sick." Seeing his forehead was not hot, she tousled his hair. She smiled and picked the controller back up off the ground and once again sat on the side of Kai's bed. "Now, you won't win this time!"
While they were fighting, Alkira noticed that she was getting a lagged response from Kai. And right when she had pushed the buttons for a combo attack that could win her the game, Kai put his arms around her. "Wo ai ni," he said softly. Alkira put her hands on his arms and froze. This was the first time she truly felt the meaning of those words. She felt no boundaries between them now. It was just them, and no one else.
"Wo ai ni," she responded. Kai slowly turned her to face him. And just as slowly, moved in to kiss her.
Kai smiled and lowered her to the bed. He turned off the light and bent down to kiss her once more.
Meanwhile, in the cafeteria, David and Kavien were playing chess. Everyone else, except Jake, was watching. Jake walked in to the cafeteria smiling. He walked to the others. "Why are you smiling?" David asked.
"Alkira and Kai are together," he said. "I just came from his room. The lights are off."
"Sheesh!" Kenny said. "It's about time!" Everyone looked at Kenny with a confused look. "I'm just saying what's on mine, and everyone else's minds." They all nodded.
The next time that Jake passed by Kai's room, the lights were on and they were playing video games again. He knocked on the door and entered. Jake was smiling. The other two looked at him like he was crazy. Jake went and sat on the chair behind Kai. As soon as he sat down he got back up and walked over to Kai. "Uh huh."
Kai paused the game and looked at Jake. "What?"
Jake pulled down the neck of Kai's shirt to show a bite mark. Alkira looked back at him and blushed. "That's what I thought," Jake said. He looked Kai in the eyes. "Lucky bastard." Jake laughed and walked to the door. "I'll be back later." He then walked out the door.
Before Kai or Alkira could say anything, the nurse came in. "Kai, it's time for your operation."
"What?" Kai looked at the nurse awkwardly.
"Don't worry, I'm paying." said Alkira. "Even though you don't act like your sick." She shot a playful grin at Kai.
He smiled and looked at the nurse. "Alright. Let's go." The nurse brought in a wheel chair, and took Kai out of the room.
Alkira sat in the room and waited for Kai to return. The phone rang and she answered it. "Hello?"
"You wanted to get back at me? Meet me behind the hospital." The phone then went dead.
"Damn."
As Alkira began to walk out of the room, Jake ran in and stopped her. "Alkira! You can't go!"
"What? Why not?" Alkira looked at her friend like he was crazy.
"They. got Kavien. They're gonna make you chose between Kai and him."
"What?" Alkira backed up and sat on the bed. "I. I can't choose." Her eyes fell upon Jake's feet. "What am I supposed to do?"
Jake sat down. "I don't know."
Alkira stood up, her eyes were solemn, and she showed no emotion. She walked right past Jake, and out the door. Down the hall she went, she knew what she had to do. She could feel her heartbeat inside her chest. She felt as if she were going to faint.
She got to the back of the hospital and looked around. No one. A shiver went up her spine. "S. Sh. Show yourself!" she shouted. "Let Kavien go!"
From the dark, a voice came. "Which will it be? Choose Kai, and your friend dies. Choose your friend, and Kai comes back with me, never to see you again," it said.
"No." she whimpered. "Why. Why are you making me choose? Why?" Tears formed in her eyes.
There was no response to her question, just silence and the wind blowing through her hair.
"I won't choose."
Something flew from the shadows, cutting her face and making her stumble backwards. She silently rubbed her cheek.
"I'm surrounded, aren't I?"
"ALKIRA!"
Alkira spun around; she could see nothing but the night before her eyes. "Kavien!" She shouted. "I can't see you!" She felt fear in her heart. "KAVIEN!"
"Be quiet, girl!"
Alkira turned around and was staring right into Voltaire's eyes. ". Baka."
"Stay quiet."
"Never."
"Then we'll kill your friend."
"Please don't!"
"Then shut your mouth."
"I propose deal."
Voltaire took a step forward and Alkira took a step back. "What is it?" He seemed interested, and this scared the purple haired girl.
"Let Kavien go. Leave Kai alone. And don't mess with anyone in the Bladebreakers and BBD teams. and."
"And?"
"And. I'll go with you and do what you wanted Kai to do." Silence once again. It always scared Alkira. Every time someone would stop talking and the room would be silent, if felt like she was the target of some maleficent plan.
"Alright then."
Kavien was let go and he and Alkira got to have one last talk together. "Alkira, are you crazy? What if."
"Kavien! Listen to me. trust me. I'll be okay. I can fend for myself. I'm going to miss you, and the others. But. I will come back, I don't know when, how, or where. But I will come back." Alkira hugged Kavien. "The truth. I'll come home. I promise. Trust me." With those last words, Alkira and Kavien were pulled apart and Alkira walked away with Voltaire.
Moments later, Kavien walked into the hospital, his head hanging low and face blank of emotion. Jake and David ran up to him. "Kav!" David shouted. "Where's Alkira?"
"They took her," Kavien said. "I'm sorry! I couldn't do anything about it!" Kavien dropped to his knees. "I'm sorry!" Tears streaked from his eyes. "Alkira." he whimpered.
Jake had frozen. His heart pounded against the walls of his chest. Alkira was gone. There was nothing he could do now. He couldn't speak, he couldn't move, he couldn't think, it was like he disappeared from reality.
David on the other hand went into fury. The first thing he did was turn around and punch his hand through the wall. "Damn it!" he shouted. He leaned forward against the wall and began crying. "Alkira, why?" he sobbed. "Why'd you do it?"
The sounds of their crying and shouting echoed through the halls of the hospital. Nurses, doctors and even patients walked to their doors and into the hallway, just to see what was going on. The Bladebreakers ran down the hall and over to the three Blade Dragons.
"What's going on?" Tyson asked.
"Voltaire," Kavien sniffle, tears still falling from his eyes. "He took her in exchange for Kai and me."
"No," Rei said. "This can't be happening."
"What's Voltaire thinking?" Tyson shouted.
"I can't believe this," Kenny said, sitting down on one of the benches.
"Kai." Max said. "He's gonna be heartbroken. He's gonna flip out." Everyone turned to look at Max. He was the one who made. the strongest point of them all.
Kai was out of commission for now, and he would be for a while. Someone would get hurt, when all of this was explained.
Truth & Trust
Alkira sat in Kai's hospital room. They both stared at the TV, and both of them were growling like vicious animals. "Alkira! I won't lose!"
"You're going down, Kai Hiwatari!" They were playing video games. And apparently, Alkira was winning. "There's no way I'm gonna lose this time! You've beaten me twenty times in a row by coughing or saying that your leg hurt! You suck!" Kai laughed. Alkira dropped the controller and looked at him, shocked. He took this to his advantage and killed her character on the game. "Kai." she growled.
Kai laughed again. Alkira walked over and put her hand on his head. "Are you alright?" she asked him.
"I'm fine. why do you ask?"
"You never laugh, but you seem to have done it twice now. I'm just trying to make sure you aren't sick." Seeing his forehead was not hot, she tousled his hair. She smiled and picked the controller back up off the ground and once again sat on the side of Kai's bed. "Now, you won't win this time!"
While they were fighting, Alkira noticed that she was getting a lagged response from Kai. And right when she had pushed the buttons for a combo attack that could win her the game, Kai put his arms around her. "Wo ai ni," he said softly. Alkira put her hands on his arms and froze. This was the first time she truly felt the meaning of those words. She felt no boundaries between them now. It was just them, and no one else.
"Wo ai ni," she responded. Kai slowly turned her to face him. And just as slowly, moved in to kiss her.
Kai smiled and lowered her to the bed. He turned off the light and bent down to kiss her once more.
Meanwhile, in the cafeteria, David and Kavien were playing chess. Everyone else, except Jake, was watching. Jake walked in to the cafeteria smiling. He walked to the others. "Why are you smiling?" David asked.
"Alkira and Kai are together," he said. "I just came from his room. The lights are off."
"Sheesh!" Kenny said. "It's about time!" Everyone looked at Kenny with a confused look. "I'm just saying what's on mine, and everyone else's minds." They all nodded.
The next time that Jake passed by Kai's room, the lights were on and they were playing video games again. He knocked on the door and entered. Jake was smiling. The other two looked at him like he was crazy. Jake went and sat on the chair behind Kai. As soon as he sat down he got back up and walked over to Kai. "Uh huh."
Kai paused the game and looked at Jake. "What?"
Jake pulled down the neck of Kai's shirt to show a bite mark. Alkira looked back at him and blushed. "That's what I thought," Jake said. He looked Kai in the eyes. "Lucky bastard." Jake laughed and walked to the door. "I'll be back later." He then walked out the door.
Before Kai or Alkira could say anything, the nurse came in. "Kai, it's time for your operation."
"What?" Kai looked at the nurse awkwardly.
"Don't worry, I'm paying." said Alkira. "Even though you don't act like your sick." She shot a playful grin at Kai.
He smiled and looked at the nurse. "Alright. Let's go." The nurse brought in a wheel chair, and took Kai out of the room.
Alkira sat in the room and waited for Kai to return. The phone rang and she answered it. "Hello?"
"You wanted to get back at me? Meet me behind the hospital." The phone then went dead.
"Damn."
As Alkira began to walk out of the room, Jake ran in and stopped her. "Alkira! You can't go!"
"What? Why not?" Alkira looked at her friend like he was crazy.
"They. got Kavien. They're gonna make you chose between Kai and him."
"What?" Alkira backed up and sat on the bed. "I. I can't choose." Her eyes fell upon Jake's feet. "What am I supposed to do?"
Jake sat down. "I don't know."
Alkira stood up, her eyes were solemn, and she showed no emotion. She walked right past Jake, and out the door. Down the hall she went, she knew what she had to do. She could feel her heartbeat inside her chest. She felt as if she were going to faint.
She got to the back of the hospital and looked around. No one. A shiver went up her spine. "S. Sh. Show yourself!" she shouted. "Let Kavien go!"
From the dark, a voice came. "Which will it be? Choose Kai, and your friend dies. Choose your friend, and Kai comes back with me, never to see you again," it said.
"No." she whimpered. "Why. Why are you making me choose? Why?" Tears formed in her eyes.
There was no response to her question, just silence and the wind blowing through her hair.
"I won't choose."
Something flew from the shadows, cutting her face and making her stumble backwards. She silently rubbed her cheek.
"I'm surrounded, aren't I?"
"ALKIRA!"
Alkira spun around; she could see nothing but the night before her eyes. "Kavien!" She shouted. "I can't see you!" She felt fear in her heart. "KAVIEN!"
"Be quiet, girl!"
Alkira turned around and was staring right into Voltaire's eyes. ". Baka."
"Stay quiet."
"Never."
"Then we'll kill your friend."
"Please don't!"
"Then shut your mouth."
"I propose deal."
Voltaire took a step forward and Alkira took a step back. "What is it?" He seemed interested, and this scared the purple haired girl.
"Let Kavien go. Leave Kai alone. And don't mess with anyone in the Bladebreakers and BBD teams. and."
"And?"
"And. I'll go with you and do what you wanted Kai to do." Silence once again. It always scared Alkira. Every time someone would stop talking and the room would be silent, if felt like she was the target of some maleficent plan.
"Alright then."
Kavien was let go and he and Alkira got to have one last talk together. "Alkira, are you crazy? What if."
"Kavien! Listen to me. trust me. I'll be okay. I can fend for myself. I'm going to miss you, and the others. But. I will come back, I don't know when, how, or where. But I will come back." Alkira hugged Kavien. "The truth. I'll come home. I promise. Trust me." With those last words, Alkira and Kavien were pulled apart and Alkira walked away with Voltaire.
Moments later, Kavien walked into the hospital, his head hanging low and face blank of emotion. Jake and David ran up to him. "Kav!" David shouted. "Where's Alkira?"
"They took her," Kavien said. "I'm sorry! I couldn't do anything about it!" Kavien dropped to his knees. "I'm sorry!" Tears streaked from his eyes. "Alkira." he whimpered.
Jake had frozen. His heart pounded against the walls of his chest. Alkira was gone. There was nothing he could do now. He couldn't speak, he couldn't move, he couldn't think, it was like he disappeared from reality.
David on the other hand went into fury. The first thing he did was turn around and punch his hand through the wall. "Damn it!" he shouted. He leaned forward against the wall and began crying. "Alkira, why?" he sobbed. "Why'd you do it?"
The sounds of their crying and shouting echoed through the halls of the hospital. Nurses, doctors and even patients walked to their doors and into the hallway, just to see what was going on. The Bladebreakers ran down the hall and over to the three Blade Dragons.
"What's going on?" Tyson asked.
"Voltaire," Kavien sniffle, tears still falling from his eyes. "He took her in exchange for Kai and me."
"No," Rei said. "This can't be happening."
"What's Voltaire thinking?" Tyson shouted.
"I can't believe this," Kenny said, sitting down on one of the benches.
"Kai." Max said. "He's gonna be heartbroken. He's gonna flip out." Everyone turned to look at Max. He was the one who made. the strongest point of them all.
Kai was out of commission for now, and he would be for a while. Someone would get hurt, when all of this was explained.
